Minnesota State Colleges and Universities (MnSCU) system Chancellor Steven Rosenstone has handed out this report on his “strategic framework” — the goals his administration has as well as a basic timeline.

The meat starts on page 4.

There don’t seem to be any quantified goals, but it’s still early.

A quick look shows some interesting bits:

– enabling students at two-year colleges to get their bachelor’s degrees without relocating;

– creating a common liberal arts core while reforming the Minnesota Transfer Curriculum;

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Alex Friedrich reports on higher education issues for MPR News. Among the stories he has covered: the fall of the Berlin Wall, aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, 2003 Moscow suicide bombing and 2004 presidential elections in the Republic of Georgia. He holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Georgia and a master’s in European political economy from the London School of Economics.